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MENTAL HEALTH AND PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT TECHNICAL SUPERVISOR

TITLE: MENTAL HEALTH AND PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT TECHNICAL SUPERVISOR

Closing date: December 29, 2020     

Location: Tripoli

CONTEXT

Handicap International is an independent and impartial international aid organization working in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster. Working alongside persons with disabilities and other vulnerable groups, our action and testimony are focused on responding to their essential needs, improving their living conditions and promoting respect for their dignity and their fundamental rights.

Handicap International is a not-for-profit organization with no religious or political affiliation. It operates as a federation made up of a network of associations that provide it with human and financial resources, manage its projects and implement its actions and social mission. For more details about the organization: http://www.hi.org 

HI has been operational continuously in Libya since 2011, and up until the end of 2014 delivered a large-scale Humanitarian Mine Action (HMA) program from bases in Tripoli, Misrata and Sirte. In the last three years, HI has delivered health and protection services including physical therapy, provision of assistive devices and mobility equipment and psychosocial support to over 5,000 persons directly impacted by the ongoing crisis, as well as targeting health and rehabilitation centers in Tripoli and Misrata with technical capacity development and donations of much needed and otherwise depleted equipment. In 2020, HI will continue to provide emergency health and protection support to the most vulnerable persons in Libya, in Tripoli, Benghazi and Misrata. In addition of its actual projects, HI is also implementing a three year project entitled “Action for Mental Health Assistance in Libya” (AMAL), as part of wider initiatives to improve the access and quality of health care services in Libya. The activities will take place in Tripoli, Benghazi and Misrata. In addition to that HI as also starting a new project to support Civil Society Organizations to provide MHPSS services.

We are looking for a Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Technical Supervisor for our project. The main tasks for this position will be:

• Technically supervise the psychosocial workers
• Provide continuous training to the psychosocial workers
• Liaise with services providers to refer people in need of specialized care
• Liaise and coordinate with local stakeholders within the scope of HIs current project and train them in the provision of appropriate mental health and psychosocial support to vulnerable persons including persons with physical and mental disabilities.
• To professionally represent Handicap International (HI) at all times, and be involved in the dissemination of information about HI activities in Libya to appropriate persons including beneficiaries, community leaders, other organizations and officials as required.
• Provide regular reports on activities in English

REQUIREMENTS  

• Graduated students in psychology
• Strong experience in mental health and psychosocial support
• Experience in clinical supervision
• Very good interpersonal and communication skills including with people with mental health disorders
• Good organization skills
• Fluent in Arabic as well as English
• Good writing and reporting skills
• Available from October onwards

PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS:

HI workers/service providers/consultants must adhere to the values and principles outlined in HI Code of conduct.  In accordance with these values, HI operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti-fraud, bribery, and corruption.

• Handicap International is an equal opportunity employer and particularly welcomes applications from persons with disabilities

How To Apply :

Please send your CV and cover letter by email, with the subject reference ( MHPSS Technical Supervisor-2020-Tripoli ) to:recruitment@libya.hi.org or via Libya jobs website.

Application closing date is December 29, 2020.

Only short-listed candidates will be called for an interview and test.